Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - University Of Toronto presents: 9th Annual Decolonizing the Spirit Conference: Indigenous Pedagogies and Cultural Resistance in Education PROGRAM Friday April 24, 2015 - Saturday April 25, 2015 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - University Of Toronto, Room 5-280 Co-sponsored by: Office of the Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity, University of Toronto; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Department of Social Justice Education; Department of Equity Studies, New College; Graduate Student Association at OISE/UT; Individual Faculty and CUPE Local 3907; Poster Design by: Kerin J., kerinshenal@hotmail.com
Friday April 24, 2015 8:30am-8:50am 8:50am-9:20am 9:20am-9:30am 9:30am-10:25am 10:30am-11:25am 11:30am-12:25pm 12:30pm-1:00pm 1:05pm-2:00pm Registration & Breakfast Opening Prayer & Smudging Ceremony Ohenten Kariwatehkwen: The Words that Come Before All Else A Traditional Prayer of the Haudenosaunee People of the Long House Opening Reflection - The Story of Thatotarho: The Man with the Hair of Snakes A glimpse into the story of Thatotarho He s been cleansed A story of decolonization, transformation and connection to the authentic spiritual self. Diane Katsitsawaks Hill Opening Remarks Dr. Miglena Todorova, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - University Of Toronto (OISE/UT) Panel 1: Spirituality and Anti-colonialism in Indigenous Cinema, Drumming and Communication Chair: Fisseha Belay, OISE/UT Brendan Burrows, OISE/UT, A Cinema of Resistance: Survival and Residential Schools in Jeff Barnaby s Rhymes for Young Ghouls Kwanza Msingwana, African Drumming As Spiritual Practice Tewodros Yacob, Dagu, An Indigenous Networking and Communication system of Afar People Panel 2: Decolonizing Knowledge and Cultural Production Chair: Muna Udbi-Ali, OISE/UT Chizoba Imoka, OISE/UT, Educating for Global Citizenship but Local Irrelevance: Unpacking Nigeria s Colonial Private Schooling Experience Jamil Musa Kalim, OISE/UT, Counter-Narrative and Resistance Gulnara Medeubekova, OISE/UT, Neocolonial, Unexpected, Affecting women and children. Russian-Ukrainian War Panel 3: Police Violence, Mobilization and Strategies of Resistance Chair: Sandra Hudson, OISE/UT Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya, Kelly Rose Pflug-Back and Ellie Adekur-Carlson, Network for the Elimination of Police Violence (NEPV), Mobilizing vs. Organizing: Strengthening our Capacities for Organizing Lunch Panel 4: Transforming Education, Practicing Resistance Chair: Stephanie Latty, OISE/UT Harriet Akanamori, OISE/UT, Creating Equitable Structures in Education and the Law: A Case for Indigenous Resurgence and Spirituality Dr. Irene van Kessel, Decolonizing the Spirit - Who Are We? Safia Gahayr, OISE/UT, Reclaiming Indigenous Thought following the Residential School Legacy 1
2:05pm-3:00pm 3:05pm-4:00pm 4:05pm-5:55pm 6:00pm-7:10pm 7:15m-7:45pm Panel 5: Decolonizing Medical Science and Health Care in North America Chair: Hodan Mohamed, OISE/UT Jacqueline Benn-John, OISE/UT, Decolonizing Western Medicine and Systems of Care: Implications for Education Dr. Glenn Adams, University of Kansas, Indigenous Knowledge as a Resource for Decolonizing Psychological Science Jacqueline Getfield, OSIE/UT, Family Engagement: Knowing, Resisting and Transforming the Other Panel 6: Ruptures: Anti-colonial & Anti-Racist Feminist Theorizing Chair: Safia Gahayr, OISE/UT Wane, Dr. Njoki, OISE/UT, Uncovering the Well: Black Feminism in Canada Akyea, Thelma, OISE/UT, Using Black Canadian Feminist Thought as an Approach to Teaching Science Jagire, Jennifer, OISE/UT, Indigenous African Knowledges and African Feminism: Resisting Eurocentric Ways of Knowing Panel 7: Decolonizing Education: Agendas, Trauma, Gender and Racism Chair: Ximena Martinez, OISE/UT Lynne Alexandrova, OISE/UT, Decolonization is not a metaphor But, how and why? Lana Whiskeyjack, Blue Quills First Nations College, Indian Residential Schools, Intergenerational Trauma and their Effect on Women s Medicine Anne Solomon, OISE/UT, Racism in Education in Canada Amy Nuno-Amarteifio, OISE/UT, Decolonization and Women in Education in Africa Panel 8: Indigenizing Imagination, Space and Memory Chair: Jennifer Murrin, York University Zainab Amadahy and Lyon Sharrae, Indigenizing Imagination: Indigenous and Afro Futurisms Emma Heath-Engel, OISE/UT and Laini Lascelles, Respect and Communication in Education Kim Penney, OISE/UT, Hidden in Plainview: The Missing Pages of the Cultural History and Knowledges of Africville Closing Ka nikonhriyohtshera: Fostering Emergence of the Good Mind An explanation of the uniqueness of Indigenous cultural philosophy and its advanced science related to the remembrance of an innate state of wholeness and wellness known within Haudenosaunee culture as the Good Mind and the need for a decolonizing methodology that fosters its emergence. Diane Katsitsawaks Hill 2
Saturday April 25, 2015 8:30am-8:50am Registration & Breakfast 8:50am-9:00am Welcome Dr. Njoki Wane, OISE/UT 9:00am-10:10am 10:15am-11:10am 11:05am-12:05pm 12:05pm-12:35pm 12:35pm-1:30pm 1:35pm-2:30pm Panel 9: Indigeneity and Politics of Technology and Culture Chair: Jacqueline Benn-John, OISE/UT M. Syed and N. Noor, OISE/UT, Decolonizing Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching the Millennial Learner Dr. Lingqin Feng, OISE/UT, Women and Cultural Heritage: A Story of Ku Shulan and Her Paper-Cutting Vera Ogiorumua, OISE/UT, The Significance of African Names: A Cultural Restorative Pedagogy Panel 10: Cultural Resistance in Plant Biodiversity, Soil fertility and Soil Erosion Chair: Dr. Ahmed Ilmi, OISE/UT Dr. Daniel Mugendi, Embu College University, Plant Biodiversity, Soil fertility and Soil Erosion: A Discourse on Cultural Resistance Dr. Kiplagat Kotut, Embu College University, Water Conservation: What has Indigeneity got to do with it? Dr. Naomi Mutea, Embu College University, Decolonizing Health Care in the Management and Prevention of Illness Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eucharia Kenya, Embu University College, Countering Media Sensationalization of a Science Indigenous in Africa: Genetic Improvement of Crops Chair: Dr. Jill Carter, Lecturer, University of Toronto Lunch & Performance by The Newhope Tabernacle Youth Team Dancers Panel 11: Beyond the Basics : Wiinaadmaadying (Helping One Another) Education Project Chair: Jennifer Murrin, York University Bryan Loucks, Coordinator Wiinaadmaadying Education (WE) Naugon Associates, The Bowl Wampum as a Tool for Decolonizing our Spirits Saleha Khan, Instructor, Equity and Inclusion Unit, Ontario Police College, Enforcement Services as Encroachment and/or Ally Sherry Huff, WE Facilitator, Huff Media Solutions, Journeying towards Decolonizing the Spirit Panel 12: Modes of Resistance in Arts, Media and Counter-Culture Chair: Dargine Rajeswaran, OISE/UT Jennifer Wemigwans, OISE/UT, Indigenous Knowledge on the Internet Dr. Marilyn Oladimeji, George Brown College, Using Arts Based Learning as a Site of Critical Resistance Annette Bazira-Okafor, OISE/UT, Cultural Hegemony and Its Effects on Hip Hop Culture and African Immigrant Youth in Canada 3
2:35pm-3:30pm 3:35pm-4:45pm 4:50pm-5:45pm 5:50pm-6:00pm Panel 13: Exploring Reconciliation through Embodied Drama Chair: Dr. Jill Carter, Lecturer, University of Toronto Aliesha Arndt, Angela Nardozi, OISE/UT, and Nancy Steele Panel 14: Mapping Neocolonialism and Racism in the Global South Chair: Ahmed Ahmed, OISE/UT Brandy Jensen, OISE/UT, Race as an Organizing Principle: A Study of International Human Rights Monica Shank, OISE/UT, Literacies of Conscientization and Resistance: Co- Constructing Reality in Kenyan Classrooms Demi Suleyman, OISE/UT, Reclaiming Cultural Identity Through Decolonization of Eating Habits Dr. Kazi Abdur Rouf, Bangladeshi Colonized Peasants Socio-economic Scenarios and Technology use Dynamics in Bangladesh Panel 15: Theorizing and De-theorizing Black Subjectivity, Neocolonial Cultures and Transformative Pedagogy Chair: Harriet Akanmori, OISE/UT Dr. George J. Sefa Dei, OISE/UT, Re-theorizing Blackness through Decolonial and Anti-Colonial Prisms Dr. Njoki Wane, OISE/UT, African Indigenous Education System: A Decolonizing Project Dr. Miglena S. Todorova, OISE/UT, The (Im)possibility of Theory: Feminist and Indigenous Approaches to Media and Cultural Resistance Closing Remarks Dr. George Dei, OISE/UT Thank you! 4